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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the four Kings
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Amy Ruth Kelly
This account of Queen Eleanor and her century is offered as a study of individuals who set their stamp upon the events of their time, rather than as a study of developing systems of politics, economics, or jurisprudence.
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Henry V: The Life of
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William Shakespeare
The new revised edition of Henry V, Shakespeare's sweeping historical pageant, includes these features: a general discussion of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater, sources from which Shakespeare derived Henry V, and new essays.
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Richard III
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William Shakespeare
Preceded by HENRY VI: Parts I, II, and III, RICHARD III concludes Shakespeare's four-part dramatic series chronicling the end of the Plantagenet family as rulers of England. Upon the defeat of Richard, the hunchbacked Duke of Gloucester, at the battle of Bosworth field in 1485, the Plantagenets are replaced by the Tudors, marking the end of a long ...
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Richard the Third
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Paul Murray Kendall's account of the life of Richard III explores not only the man himself, but also the ways that he has influenced culture: Richard also played a central role in several literary works, most notably as a character of William Shakespeare's. Kendall's analysis of how others perceived Richard is central to the character study.
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Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
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James Reston, Jr.
The story of the Third Crusade, and the two men who dictated its outcome: Saladin, hero of the Islamic world and Richard the Lionheart. Richard and the King of France led a European army of several hundred thousand warriors, but Saladin's manoeuvres resulted in the crusaders retreat and the demise of the Third Crusade,
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The Wives of Henry VIII
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Lady Antonia Fraser, Antonia Fraser
In a sweeping narrative, Fraser traces the cultural, familial and political roots of each of Henry's queens, pushes aside the stereotypes that have long defined them, and illuminates the complex character of each. The result is a superb work of history through which these six women become as memorable for their own achievements--and mistakes--as ...
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Three Edwards
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Thomas B Costain
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Henry IV Part 1
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William Shakespeare
While King Henry IV rightly laments that his heir, the young Prince Hal, has not distinguished himself in battle, Hal is up to no good at the Boar's Head Tavern with his rotund cohort, Falstaff. With a rebellion rising against the throne at home, Hal lives it up in the ale houses of London, associating with petty schemers and masterminding ...
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Revolt of the Eaglets
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Jean Plaidy
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The magnificent century
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Thomas B Costain
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Heart of the Lion
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Jean Plaidy
Based on the life of Richard the Lionheart
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Queen from Provence
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Jean Plaidy
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Murder most royal
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Jean Plaidy
Rich with historical detail, this is the entwined story of Anne Boleyn and her cousin Catherine Howard who both married Henry VIII and were executed on his orders.
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Henry II
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Wilfred Lewis Warren
Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgments ever since. Dramatic incidents of his reign, such as his quarrel with Archbishop Becket and his troubled relations with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons, have attracted the attention of historical novelists, playwrights, and filmmakers, but with no ...
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Satan in St.Marys
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Paul Doherty
1284 and Edward I is battling a traitorous movement founded by the late Simon de Montfort, the rebel who lost his life at the Battle of Evesham in 1258. The Pentangle, the movement's underground society whose members are known to practice the black arts, is thought to be behind the apparent suicide of Lawrence Duket, one of the King's loyal ...
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Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
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E L Konigsburg (Illustrator)
This fictionalized biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine takes place in heaven while she waits for her dear husband King Henry II to arrive. To pass the time, Eleanor, her mother-in-law and her priest take turns reminiscing about both the good and bad times in Eleanor's life, giving the reader an unusual and amusing look at her and the Middle Ages.
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A coffin for King Charles; the trial and execution of Charles I
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C. V. Wedgwood
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King Charles II
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Antonia Fraser
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to nothing but the name'. After his valiant attempt to ...
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Oxford World's Classics
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William Shakespeare, Nicholas Brooke (Editor)
Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these "Weird Sisters," who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. ...
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King Richard II
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William Shakespeare
RICHARD II (1595) is the first in the series of history plays that also includes both parts of HENRY IV, as well as HENRY V, which tells the dramatic and bloody story of the fall of the Plantagenets and the rise of the house of Lancaster. The action of the play takes place in 1398, when Richard is in full possession of the kingship to which he ...
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Star of Lancaster
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Jean Plaidy
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Passage to Pontefract
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Jean Plaidy
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Prince of Darkness
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Jean Plaidy
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Richard III, England's black legend
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Desmond Seward
A biography of the 15th-century English soldier and statesman who rose to power and reigned from 1452 to 1485. The only English king to be killed in battle since 1066, Richard III has loomed large as a figure of legend since Shakespeare wrote his famous portrayal of him for the stage.
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Bastard King
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Jean Plaidy
Based on the life of William the Conqueror
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